English“The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells: Before the Radio Panic, There Was a Cylinder on Horsell Common
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).On the evening of 30 October 1938, listeners tuning in to CBS hea...
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EnglishEnglish“Dracula” by Bram Stoker: The Novel You Think You Already Know
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Before it was printed, the novel had a different title. The types...
English“The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank: A Thirteenth-Birthday Notebook That Became a Book
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Many readers first meet Anne Frank's diary at school, as a set te...
English“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens: London, Paris, and a Message on the Dover Road
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate)."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Many peopl...
English“Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo: The Long Road That Begins With a Loaf of Bread
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Many readers meet "Les Misérables" first as a musical, with its b...
Dystopian“Animal Farm” by George Orwell: The Little Book Four Publishers Turned Down
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).In 1944, George Orwell had a finished manuscript that hardly anyo...
Dystopian“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury: The Fireman Who Starts Fires, and the Night He Begins to Wonder
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Picture a young writer in the basement of a university library, f...
Dystopian“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley: A Future Where Everyone Is Happy, and That Is the Problem
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Mention "Brave New World" and someone will almost always bring up...
English“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” by Jules Verne: A Scientist Goes Hunting for a Monster
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Some classics are better known as images than as books. Mention "...
English“The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells: The Short Novel That Gave Us the Words
This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Almost everyone knows what a time machine is. Far fewer people ha...